About the resolution

Summary (CRS)

5/23/1996--Introduced.Authorizes the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence to provide copies of records requested by the Office of Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency ...

The “S.Res.” in “S.Res. 256” means this is a Senate simple resolution in the United States Congress. A simple resolution is used for matters that affect just one chamber of Congress, often to change the rules of the chamber to set the manner of debate for a related bill. It must be agreed to in the chamber in which it was introduced. It is not voted on in the other chamber and does not have the force of law.

History

Introduced

May 23, 1996

Agreed To

May 23, 1996

Vote was by Unanimous Consent so no record of individual votes was made.

Civic Impulse. (2015). S.Res. 256 — 104th Congress: A resolution to authorize the production of records by the Select Committee on Intelligence.. Retrieved from https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/104/sres256

“S.Res. 256 — 104th Congress: A resolution to authorize the production of records by the Select Committee on Intelligence..” www.GovTrack.us. 1996. March 3, 2015 <https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/104/sres256>